en-US: Proficiency scales define levels of performance (what a person does) as distinct from knowledge of specific information (what a person knows) and outline tasks a person can manage and the skills necessary to progressively accomplish explicit competencies at increasing levels of complexity. Proficiency scales: (1) assist in making judgments about the kinds of tasks related to a competency that a person is able to perform; and (2) to compare the abilities of different persons with regard to achievement of those competencies at different levels.

en-US: An alphanumeric notation or ID code identifying this competency in common use among end-users.

Comment:

en-US: Unlike the codedNotation property, the value for the altCodedNotation property need not be an official identifier created by the promulgating agency. It must be an identifier in common use among end-users of the competency. This property should be seldom used and only with a clear demonstration of need (i.e., in common use). For example, in the Common Core State Standards (Math) in the U.S., the official codedNotation of "CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4" is abbreviated in common use by end-users to the unofficial altCodedNotation of "1.NBT.4".

en-US: An alphanumeric notation or ID code as defined by the promulgating body to identify this competency.

Comment:

en-US: This property should be used only for codes created by the promulgating body. For alternative competency notations in common use in the community of practice, but not endorsed by the promulgating body, the altCodedNotation property can be used (sparingly on clear evidence of common use and need).

en-US: The textual label identifying the category of the competency as designated by the promulgating body.

Comment:

en-US: This property points to a class, not to instances of that class. For example, where two competencies in a competency framework have been identified respectively by the promulgating agency as "Strand: Rennaisance" and "Strand: Social history", the statementLabel for both these competencies is "Strand".

en-US: A word or phrase used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual competencies contextually.

Comment:

en-US: The conceptKeyword property is used in ASN-conforming data solely to denote the significant topicality of the competency using free-text keywords and phrases derived and assigned by the indexer, e.g., "George Washington", "Ayers Rock", etc.

Usage Note:

en-US: This property should be used judiciously and in moderation. This property should be used only if an appropriate term does not exist in a controlled vocabulary.
Note: To express topical values from a controlled vocabulary (e.g., terms drawn from the Australia Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT)), use the conceptTerm property.
Note: Use the subject property to denote the learning area/discipline of the achievement standard - e.g., "History", "Science", "Social Studies", "Mathematics" etc.

en-US: A term drawn from a controlled vocabulary used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual competencies contextually.

Comment:

en-US: The conceptTerm property is used in ASN-conforming data solely to denote the topicality of the competency - e.g., "Pythagorean Theorem", "Trigonometric functions", "Forces and energy", "Scientific method", "Oral history" etc. The value of the conceptTerm property must be drawn from a controlled vocabulary where concepts have all been assigned URI - e.g., terms drawn from the Australia Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT).

en-US: A general statement describing the education or training context. Alternatively, a more specific statement of the location of the audience in terms of its progression through an education or training context.

Comment:

en-US: Best practice is to use terms from the http://purl.org/ctdl/terms/AudienceLevel concept scheme.

en-US: The primary language used in or by this competency framework or competency.

Usage Note:

en-US: This is the language the text is primarily written in, even if it makes use of other languages. For example, a competency for teaching spanish to english-speaking students would primarily be in english, because that is the language used to convey the material.

en-US: This property does not indicate whether or not this statement is a top-level statement in the referenced competency framework; only that it is in some way a part of that framework. To indicate that this statement is a top-level statement, use both this property and the isChildOf property.

en-US: An alphanumeric string indicating this competency's position in a list of competencies at the same level in some arbitrary hierarchy.

Comment:

en-US: Competencies with lower alphanumeric values for this property come before competencies with higher values.

Usage Note:

en-US: Values may be repeated within a competency framework if the values apply to competencies at different levels of some arbitrary hierarchy.
If two or more competencies at the same level of some arbitrary hierarchy have the same listID value, their order (relative to each other) is unspecified.

en-US: The text string denoting the subject of the competency framework or competency as designated by the promulgating agency.

Usage Note:

en-US: The localSubject property and subject property may or may not point to the same subject. If so, enter the text string for the subject as the value of this property and the URI for that subject in the subject property.

en-US: Globally unique Credential Transparency Identifier (CTID) by which the creator, owner or provider of a credential, learning opportunity competency, or assessment recognizes the entity in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving a credential).

Comment:

en-US: The CTID is the equivalent of a version identifier for the resource. Different versions of a resource are considered distinct expressions and each must be assigned its own CTID. Each version of a resource can have only one CTID assigned. However, a single version of a resource may have distinct identifier values for both the ctid property and the credentialId property. In such a case both identifiers will be recognized by the resource creator/owner/provider in transactions with the external environment.